Lessons Learned
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It's funny how much we say that everyone is unique and different in their own way, but somehow we all live the same outbreaking moments in our lives. If we are privileged enough we get to go to school and finish it, go to university and get a degree, start working, get married, have kids and start a family. These are all fundamental moments in our lives. Now listen to me rant about my experience going through all these things, and I pray you learn one or two things on the way.
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